Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Fiction

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 08 Sep 2026

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09/08/2026

Average data

Episodes: 285

Frequency: every 17 days

Duration: 00:40:18

Top 5 authors

1. Bloody FM (6 shows)

2. Chilling Entertainment (4 shows)

3. Mark R. Healy (3 shows)

4. BBC Radio 4 (3 shows)

5. Dr. NoSleep Studios (3 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (29 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (10 shows)

5. Audioboom (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Table Read	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	120	Omny Studio	63
2	The Adventure Zone	The McElroys	Fiction	420	Simplecast	58
3	The NoSleep Podcast	Creative Reason Media	Fiction	731	Audioboom	48
4	Six Minutes	GZM Shows	Fiction	388	ART19	63
5	UnderGround Zero: 9/11 & The Mob \| Starring Michael Imperioli & Steve Schirripa	iHeartPodcasts	Fiction	6	Omny Studio	53
6	Midnight Monologue	TheMidnightMonologue	Fiction	11	Podbean	48
7	Sherlock Holmes Short Stories	NOISER	Fiction	108	Megaphone	83
8	Jane Austen Stories	NOISER	Fiction	35	Acast	89
9	The Sleepy Bookshelf	Slumber Studios	Fiction	834	Simplecast	73
10	Midnight Burger	Business Goose Media	Fiction	107	Megaphone	63
11	Welcome to Night Vale	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	380	Megaphone	53
12	Old Gods of Appalachia	DeepNerd Media	Fiction	145	Acast	69
13	Scary Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	959	Megaphone	53
14	Creepy	Be Afraid	Fiction	1248	Acast	69
15	Relatos de la Noche	Sonoro	Fiction	659	Simplecast	68
16	Worlds Beyond Number	Worlds Beyond Number	Fiction	97	Simplecast	73
17	EXTRA ANORMAL Details temporarily unavailable	Paco Arias	Fiction	519	Simplecast	53
18	Video Palace	Shudder	Fiction	14	ART19	73
19	The Sleepy Bookshelf: Just Jane	Slumber Studios	Fiction	12	ART19	62
20	Chilling Tales for Dark Nights — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	500	Audioboom	37
21	Phoebe Reads a Mystery	Vox Media Podcast Network	Fiction	778	Megaphone	59
22	Legends of Avantris	Avantris Entertainment	Fiction	436	Podbean	52
23	Sherlock & Co.	Goalhanger	Fiction	159	Megaphone	78
24	Night Falls: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Sleepiest: Bedtime Story, Sleep Story, Sleep Podcast	Fiction	371	Megaphone	68
25	The Saints	The Merry Beggars	Fiction	722	Omny Studio	84
26	The SCP Experience	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	564	Megaphone	59
27	HumorUs Stories — Classic and Original Funny Stories	Don McDonald	Fiction	23	Acast	69
28	We're Alive	Wayland Productions Inc	Fiction	241	Acast	84
29	Degenerated: a Horror Fiction Podcast	Erik Peabody, Geoff Sturtevant, Paul J. McSorley, and Drew Blood	Fiction	8	RSS.com	41
30	THE DOUBLE[S]	Wolf at the Door	Fiction	10	Megaphone	68
31	Knifepoint Horror Details temporarily unavailable	Soren Narnia	Fiction	126	Libsyn	43
32	The Antiquarium of Sinister Happenings	Bloody FM	Fiction	168	Simplecast	68
33	Full Body Chills	audiochuck	Fiction	144	Simplecast	63
34	The Strata	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	163	Megaphone	58
35	The White Vault	Fool and Scholar Productions	Fiction	116	Megaphone	79
36	Horror Hill — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Series Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	369	Audioboom	47
37	The Mysteries Of Derlin County	Brandon	Fiction	369	Libsyn	68
38	Horror Stories	Horror Stories	Fiction	418	Megaphone	53
39	Unobtainium Podcast	Adam Sigel & Dr. Amy Mainzer	Fiction	20	Acast	83
40	Blood Stone	Voyage Media	Fiction	12	Megaphone	78
41	Malevolent	Harlan Guthrie	Fiction	88	Acast	69
42	The Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel	GZM Shows	Fiction	31	ART19	68
43	The Archers	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	236	BBC	58
44	Creepscast	Mr. Creeps	Fiction	303	Audioboom	53
45	Scary Stories Told in the Dark — A Horror Fiction Anthology Series	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	461	Audioboom	52
46	Limelight	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	292	BBC	38
47	Tower 4	Bloody FM	Fiction	62	Simplecast	63
48	The Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar (Old Time Radio)	Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcast	Fiction	717	Spreaker	53
49	The Road of Shadows	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	68	Megaphone	69
50	Stories from the Village of Nothing Much	Wellness Loud	Fiction	137	Megaphone	68
51	Scare You To Sleep	Bloody FM	Fiction	467	Simplecast	68
52	Last Resort	Voyage Media	Fiction	9	Megaphone	63
53	Lighthouse Horror Podcast	Lighthouse Horror	Fiction	424	Spotify for Podcasters	41
54	Matt From Nomad’s	Matt Crabtree	Fiction	109	Spotify for Podcasters	48
55	The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast - Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories	Scott Miller	Fiction	577	Simplecast	58
56	Mission To Zyxx	Mission To Zyxx	Fiction	163	Simplecast	73
57	Scary Story Podcast	Scary Stories	Fiction	252	Spreaker	63
58	CreepsMcPasta Creepypasta Radio	Creeps McPasta	Fiction	1011	Spreaker	48
59	National Emergency	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	10	Acast	69
60	The Lovecraft Investigations	BBC Radio 4	Fiction	44	BBC	52
61	Campfire Radio Theater	Haunted Air Audio	Fiction	51	Podbean	52
62	Wolf 359	Kinda Evil Genius Productions, LLC	Fiction	100	Megaphone	74
63	The Fog City Mysteries: IN COLOR!	WHAT You Say Productions	Fiction	20	Captivate	58
64	Send Me To Sleep	Send Me To Sleep	Fiction	1649	Simplecast	83
65	REDACTED	Hush Studios	Fiction	79	Acast	74
66	Dumb-Dumbs & Dragons: A D&D Podcast	Dumb-Dumbs & Dice	Fiction	478	Megaphone	78
67	The Black Tapes	Pacific Northwest Stories	Fiction	51	Libsyn	48
68	طنزپردازی \| tanzpardazi	tanzpardazi \| طنزپردازی	Fiction	154	Libsyn	58
69	Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast	Chilling Entertainment	Fiction	266	Audioboom	57
70	The Classic Tales Podcast	B.J. Harrison	Fiction	300	Libsyn	57
71	Bedtime Horror Stories by Dr. NoSleep	Dr. NoSleep Studios	Fiction	24	Megaphone	53
72	HABLEMOS DE LO QUE NO EXISTE	César González _ EL NARRADOR _	Fiction	585	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Archive 81	Dead Signals	Fiction	51	Libsyn	68
74	The Harbingers	Audacious Machine Creative	Fiction	29	ART19	63
75	DUST	Gunpowder & Sky	Fiction	47	Acast	74
76	The Warning Woods \| Horror Stories	Miles Tritle	Fiction	260	Megaphone	38
77	The Gentleman From Hell	Maeltopia	Fiction	140	Acast	59
78	Desert Skies	Jared Carter	Fiction	47	Megaphone	54
79	Bunker 8	The Midnight Mystery	Fiction	40	Acast	63
80	TANIS	Public Radio Alliance	Fiction	65	Libsyn	78
81	1001 Sherlock Holmes Stories & The Best of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Arthur Conan Doyle	Fiction	318	Libsyn	42
82	Hidden Island	Gen-Z Media	Fiction	22	ART19	83
83	SCP Archives	Bloody FM	Fiction	325	Simplecast	83
84	The Mario Bros. Show	Rainstorm Productions	Fiction	135	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	The Truth	The Truth	Fiction	194	Megaphone	59
86	Bloodrock Springs	Mark R. Healy	Fiction	23	Megaphone	58
87	The Left Right Game	QCODE	Fiction	11	Megaphone	78
88	The Dr. John Delony Show	The Dr.John Delony Show	Fiction	100	Podbean	48
89	CBS Radio Mystery Theater (Restoration)	CBSRMT-Restoration	Fiction	666	Spreaker	63
90	1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales	Jon Hagadorn	Fiction	671	Libsyn	32
91	The Leviathan Chronicles	Leviathan Audio Productions	Fiction	121	Megaphone	84
92	Writing Excuses	Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler	Fiction	1008	RedCircle	63
93	DC High Volume: Batman	DC \| Realm	Fiction	52	Megaphone	69
94	Clarkesworld Magazine	Clarkesworld Magazine	Fiction	1196	Libsyn	43
95	Dr. Creepen's Dungeon	Dr. Creepen	Fiction	372	Audioboom	68
96	Limetown	Two-Up	Fiction	22	Megaphone	69
97	Alice Isn't Dead	Night Vale Presents	Fiction	71	Megaphone	68
98	Be. Scared	Be. Busta and Studio71	Fiction	450	Megaphone	69
99	Mayfair Watchers Society	Bloody FM	Fiction	85	Simplecast	63
100	The Dark Somnium	Bloody FM	Fiction	272	Simplecast	53

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